Men's Tennis

Gauchos Drop 6-1 Decision at No. 52 Oregon

Sasha Gryaznov (Photo by Tony Mastres)

Jan 20, 2014

EUGENE, Ore. – UC Santa Barbara men's tennis ended their three-match road trip with a loss against No. 52 ranked Oregon (3-0) in Eugene on Monday. The Gauchos (1-2) lost the doubles point and five singles matches in the 6-1 decision. Senior Sasha Gryaznov won his match in three sets at the No. 3 position to avoid the sweep.

UCSB was narrowly edged for the doubles point for the first time this season, with two out of the three matches going to a tiebreaker.

The Ducks claimed the first doubles match at court 2 where Oregon's Maasland/Swaysland handed Galskov/Seemann their first loss of the season in a 6-3 decision. At No. 3 doubles, Gaucho duo Hamilton and Riminton were defeated 11-9 in a tight tiebreaker to give Oregon the doubles point and early 1-0 lead.

Gauchos Sultan/Gryaznov were even in the tiebreaker at No. 1 doubles against Cambier/Farin when doubles play was suspended.

In singles play, the Gauchos lost five out of their six matches against the tough, nationally-ranked Oregon squad.

UCSB's lone win came at No. 3 singles where senior Sasha Gryaznov shook off a shutout in the first set against Oregon's Daan Maasland and won the next two sets 6-4, 6-4 to win his first match of the dual season and put UCSB on the board.

Despite the lopsided 6-1 score, several matches came down to the wire, suggesting that the match was closer than the score indicated.

At No. 2 singles, junior #79 Tobias Galskov lost in a close, three-set match that came down to a tiebreaker. Galskov bounced back from a one-set deficit against Robin Cambier to take the second set 6-3, but came out on the losing end of a tiebreaker in the third set.

Junior Ziad Sultan also had a tightly contested match but took a tough loss at court 1 in straight sets 6-5, 6-5.

The Gauchos will have a three-week layoff before returning to the courts with back-to-back games at home against Loyola Marymount on Feb. 8th and Arizona on Feb. 9th at the Rec Cen courts.
#52 University of Oregon 6, UCSB 1Jan. 20, 2014
Eugene, Ore.